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Children's books by or about Native Americans

Last Updated: 1-May-2015

This guide lists children's books and young adult literature in Cubberley Education Library by or about Native Americans,

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Native American studies
Children's literature
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Cover image of If I ever get out of here
If I ever get out of here : a novel with paintings / by Eric Gansworth.
1st ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3557 .A5196 I3 2013
Lexile measure 870; Ages 12-15; Gr.6-10; Guided reading Z+
Cover of image of Killer of enemies
Killer of enemies / Joseph Bruchac.
First edition. New York : Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books, Inc., 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3552 .R794 K55 2013
Lexile measure 860; Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12
Tantalize / Cynthia Leitich Smith.
1st pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .M5743 T36 2008
Lexile measure 760; Ages 12 and up; Gr.7-12
Cover image of Looks like daylight
Looks like daylight : voices of indigenous kids / Deborah Ellis ; foreword by Loriene Roy.
Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E98 .C5 E45 2013
Lexile measure 780; ages 12 and up
Chickadee / Louise Erdrich.
1st ed. New York : Harper, c2012
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3555 .R42 C48 2012
Lexile measure 800, Ages 8-11
The lesser blessed / Richard Van Camp.
1st U.S. ed. Vancouver, B.C. ; Berkeley [Calif.] : Douglas & Molntyre : Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West, 2004, c1996.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9199.3 .V356 L47 2004
Cover image of Jingle dancer
Jingle dancer / Cynthia Leitich Smith ; illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu.
New York : Morrow Junior Books, c2000.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .M5743 J56 2000
Lexile measure 710; Book level 3.7; Ages 5-9
Rain is not my Indian name / Cynthia Leitich Smith.
1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .M5743 R35 2001
Lexile measure 860; Book level 5.8; Ages 10-14; Gr.6-10

Other books

Cover of The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3551 .L35774 A62 2007
Lexile measure 600; ages 13 and up; book level 4; comedy and humor; realistic fiction
Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two / Joseph Bruchac.
New York : Dial Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3552 .R794 C63 2005
Lexile measure 910, ages 12 and up; book level 6.4; Historical fictio
Counting coup : becoming a Crow chief on the Reservation and beyond / by Joseph Medicine Crow, with Herman Viola.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c[2006]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E99 .C92 M42 2006
Lexile measure 950; ages 9-15, book level 5.9; biography
Cover image of Game of silence
The game of silence / Louise Erdrich.
1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3555 .R42 G36 2005
Lexile measure 900; Ages 8-15; Grade level 5.9; General fiction, Historical fiction
Geronimo / Joseph Bruchac.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E99 .A6 G3226 2006
Lexile measure 900; ages 12-16; book level 5.8; historical fiction
Knots on a counting rope / by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault ; illustrated by Ted Rand.
New York : H. Holt, 1987.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3563 .A723256 K66 1987
Lexile measure 480; ages 4-8; book level 2.8; fables, folk tales and myths
Many nations : an alphabet of Native America / by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Robert F. Goetzl.
Mahwah, N.J. : Bridgewater Books, 1997.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E77.4 .B78 1997
Lexile measure 580; ages 3-7; Grade level 2.1; Alphabet book
Cover image of Porcupine Year
The porcupine year / Louise Erdrich.
1st ed. New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3555 .R42 P67 2008
Lexile measure 840; ages 8-14; book level 5.6
Remember Little Bighorn : Indians, soldiers, and scouts tell their stories / written by Paul Robert Walker ; foreword by John A. Doerner.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E83.876 .W35 2006
Lexile measure 1170; book level 7.1; general nonfiction
Saga of the Sioux : an adaptation from Dee Brown's Bury my heart at Wounded Knee / by Dwight Jon Zimmerman.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E81 .Z56 2011
Lexile measure 1140; Ages 11-15, gr. 5-8
Saltypie : a Choctaw journey from darkness into light / by Tim Tingle ; illustrated by Karen Clarkson.
1st ed. El Paso, TX : Cinco Puntos Press, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E99 .C8 T55 2010
Book level: 3.7; Ages: 6-10; Biography, gr. 3-5
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Sweetgrass basket / by Marlene Carvell.
1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3603 .A793 S94 2005
Lexile measure 1000; Ages 9-14; Grade level 5.0; General fiction, Historical fiction
Trickster : [Native American tales : a graphic collection / edited by Matt Dembicki].
Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2010.
Green Library » Stacks » E98 .F6 T73 2010
Ages 10 and up; Gr.8-12